Joan the Lame

Joan the Lame (24 June 1293-12 December 1349) was the Queen Consort of France from 1 April 1328 to 12 September 1348 with King Philip VI of France.

Biography
Joan the Lame was born on 24 June 1293, daughter of Robert II of Burgundy and Agnes of France. Joan's older sister Margaret of Burgundy was the wife of Louis X of France, and she married Louis' cousin, the future King Philip VI of France. Joan was a capable regent as her husband campaigned against the Kingdom of England in the Hundred Years' War, and she was considered a scholarly woman and a lover of books. Sadly, she was killed by the Black Death in 1349.